The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-11-16

was very good during Friday and Saturday
especially outside the village.
EXPRESS MESSENGER FRANK CARPENTER
of the Passumpsic road was in town the
first of the week.
SUPERINTENDENT" NUTTING of the
electric light station passed the Sabbath at
his home in Stowe.
Mrs. w. ID. MARSH of Plainfeld was the
soprano of the quartette choir of the Church
of the Messiah on Sunday.
THE receipts of the Bethany ladies'
"sale" Thursday afternoon and evening
were in the vicinity of 500.
! ARTHUR RorEs and family are planning
to occupy Mrs. j. NJ. Poland's house on
Baldwin street during the coming winter.
In tank in the window of G. NJ. Scrib-
ner's hardware store may be seen three
fine specimens of Greensboro trout of recent
capture.
THE Thanksgiving services in the Church
of the Messiah next week are to be chiefly
musical and will be held on Wednesday
evening
MISSES GERTRUDE AND KATE DEWEY
have issued invitations for a drive whist
party at their home on State street to-
morrow evening.
ONE weeks vacation, commencing next
Monday, will be given the teachers and
pupils of Washington County Grammar and
Montpelier Union schools.
THE Montpelier womans Indian Asso-
citation will meet with Mrs. Ellis, 151 Main
street Friday at three o'clock. All men,
bers earnestly invited to be present.
"ALDRrcH and Maloney are working for
the Lacona Car Company. Manager
Burnham wants Walker, pitcher of the
Laconias, for his Worcester (Mass.) team"
Concord Monitor.
b. S. SYLVESTER of the WATCHMAN press
room and Sadie A. Palmer of Northfield
were united in marriage at Northfeld on
Wednesday of last week by Rev. A. II.
Webb. Montpelier will be their home
henceforth
SUMNER KMBALL suffered Monday noon
the rupture of a blood-vessel and the result
ing loss of large amount of blood He has
since been confined to his bed, but on Tues
day afternoon his condition was reported to
be improved.
THE fair of the Massachusetts, Charitable
Mechanic Association, which so many peo-
pie are now visiting in Boston, has been ex-
tended to November Goth, thus giving
nearly two weeks more of opportunity to see
this interesting exhibition.
THE snow of Friday night was moist and
very heavy and clung in great masses to
trees and shrubs. Telephone and electric
light wires which were strong enough to
sustain the great weight resembled i'm
mense white cables and breaks were very
numerous
Mr.. I. NJ. ToBIN of the Swanton Courier
looked in upon us last week. He was es-
corting Ed. Decker, the wrestler, to Barre.
BY the way, Mr.. Tobin's paper came to us
last week with the two inside pages blank.
This was dismal joke, as we had antici-
pated considerable pleasure in reading his
local page.
WE understand that DIR. w. d. Reid has
purchased the Leonard Keith place in
Barre, whittier he will remove in the near
future. DR.. Reid has made many friends,
professionally and socially, during his
seven years residence in Montpelier, and
we heartily wish him success in his new
field of labor
Mr.. A. f. BALL, originator of the lap
board and checker-board system of adver-
tising, is in town. He has had good sue
cess with his system in Burlington, st. AL
bans and other places. Next to newspaper
= n ha hn
means of reaching the greatest number of
people-Mr. Balls plan has much merit.
AT the examination last week the follow
ing pupils ranked highest, in the order
named, in their respective grades; Room
S-Edward Deavtt, Louis Hathaway and
May Scovil; Room mabel Goodwin,
Kit Bascom and Minnie Brock: Room G.
Grace Clark, Harrie Huse and Alice Frink;
Room Fannie Hale, Flora Cummins and
Nora Wakefield.
THE "great offers" " printed on this page
are worthy of the attention of all who want
live local and general newspaper and one
or more tirst-class metropolitan weeklies.
We are not prepared to say for what length
of time we shall be able to continue the
offers, but after they are withdrawn they
will not be renewed. Remember that the
years subscription will extend through the
political campaign of 1888.
WHILE Jonathan Perkins was at work on
a new building in the rear of the bakery
Friday the ladder upon which he stood gave
way and he fell to the ground, distance of
twelve feet, striking upon his head and cut
ting bad cash in his scalp. He was un-
conscious when takeu up and remained in
comatose state for some time after being
taken to his home. At last accounts he was
in fair way to speedy recovery from the
shock.
Mrs f. L. GADDIs, who has been mis-
sionary among the Pawnee Indians in the
Indian Territory for two years, will speak
in Trinity church Monday, November 2lst,
afternoon and evening, in the interest of
home mission work She is a very enthu-
siastic speaker, and has a thrilling expe-
rience TO relate, both interesting and in
structive. The afternoon session will be
dial invitation is extended to all who are
interested in this work to be present.
LETTERS uncalled for at the Montpelier
(Vt.) post-ofiice November II, 1887;
Mrs. Nellie Burt. j. f. Emerson,
Mrs, A. NJ. Darling, AdOphes Eaton,
Mrs. Elsie Elton, A. b. GuskO,
Miss f. A. Grandheld, l.. G. Greene
Miss Bridget Henry, Patsey r. Herbert,
Mrs. Ellen Mccormack, Leonard Laforest,
Miss Adaline NARROW, Charles 5. Lewis
Miss Maggie Phillips, l., h. Nickerson,
Miss Ella Ryan, Chas. II. Parker
Miss Kate Richardson, Marshal X, Peck.
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